The Digital Collections

The digital collections contained in the Fawkes Library and Archives Collection consists of a variety of primary source materials associated with the life and times of Sir Randol Fawkes and includes newspaper articles, photographs and books.

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United Bahamian Party Converges on Windsor Park to Garner Voter Support

Excerpt from “The Faith that Moved the Mountains”

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WANTED - MEN

“Our greatest need today is MEN. No, not prima donnas, but men. Stout hearted men who know what is right and are willing to stand up for it; who know what is wrong and are willing to fight against it.”

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No Caricom Without Referendum | June 1993

Sir Randol explores whether The Bahamas should become a full member state of the Caribbean Community’s Caricom.

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The First Labour Day / The Burma Road Riot

Sir Randol Fawkes
In this article, Sir Randol F. Fawkes (1924-2000), better known as the Father of Labour in The Bahamas, gives an eyewitness account of the day he saw “hundreds of ragged, black workers moving downhill towards us. I thought all the gates of hell had opened and the demons let loose.”